Rapper Kendrick Lamar Leads 2017 MTV VMAs Nominations

It’s another year of picking the best music videos on the planet and Kungfu Kenny seems to be in lead position for major honors.

The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards just made it a lot harder for Kendrick Lamar to stay humble. Announced Tuesday morning on Instagram Live, Lamar and the video for “Humble” scored the most nominations with eight, followed by Katy Perry and the Weeknd, both nabbing five apiece.

This year’s award show has done away with gendered categories, such as best female video and best male video, and combined them for the all-encompassing artist of the year award. As well, the best fight against the system category has been added to celebrate videos that shine a light on social injustices, including Logic, Big Sean, Alessia Cara, John Legend and others among its nominees.

The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards air on MTV Sunday, August 27, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Peep the list of nominees below.